Re: [Mellotronists] 400-D?
2004-03-09 by Ken Leonard
... You ve seen it. http://www.kleonard.com/mellotron/tronto0901/wakeo.htm ...kl... M400 #805 - 400D? likes double-Ds better. M400 #1037 - [no internal
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Syn-phonic´s Greg Walker
2004-03-09 by phawk02@iol.pt
Hi list; Does anybody know what happened to Greg Walker from Syn-phonic? I´ve been trying to contact him more than a week but don´t have my emails answered
Re: [Mellotronists] 400-D?
2004-03-09 by J.K.Beresford
Hi All, To say its possibly the most photographed machine I don t think I ve ever seen it close up! Anyone know if there s a pic on the web anywhere or does
fireproof case.
2004-03-09 by jonesalley
DOH!
Re: [Mellotronists] fireproof case?
2004-03-09 by Chris Dale
No - there s no actual fireproof case! It s a wooden case like the others - this was just a joking reference to Wakeman s incineration of his remaining
fireproof case?
2004-03-09 by jonesalley
I hope that the fireproof construction isn t the result of that peculiar washing-machine metal cabinet of the 4-tracks! I don t think I could get used to an
Re: [Mellotronists] 400-D?
2004-03-08 by Chris Dale
Hi Jon/Jerry/all: I think it was put together sometime in late 72 or early 73. This was presumably done to keep the two 400 s in tune with each other during
Re: [Mellotronists] Smile
2004-03-08 by fdoddy@aol.com
Nothing to do with Mellotrons, but I saw Brian Wilson doing Smile last night in Glasgow. If what was performed was *even close* to what was intended then the
Re: [Mellotronists] Then and now......
2004-03-08 by Jerry Korb
RE: [Mellotronists] hello everyone!
2004-03-08 by Brundage, Jim
For me it was $150. It came with a muff cover and a Leslie 147 in 1989. I was 20... I got it from the original owner who said he paid $4000 in 1973. Talk
Re: [Mellotronists] 400-D?
2004-03-08 by tronbros@aol.com
In a message dated 8/3/04 1:40:18 PM GMT Standard Time, ... There were two of these. A black one and a white one. The black one is the only surviving Wakeman
Rick's appalling singers
2004-03-08 by jonesalley
were the only people who would stoop to sing those wretched lyrics he wrote.
Re: [Mellotronists] 400-D?
2004-03-08 by Andy Thompson
... From: MAinPsych@aol.com To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 2:12 AM Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] 400-D? , Rick Wakeman -
Re: [Mellotronists] 400-D?
2004-03-08 by Colin Crawford
... Too right! It always astounded me where RW found his appalling singers. He even managed to get some disturbingly shite noises out of Chaka Khan, Steve
Re: [Mellotronists] Mellotronists: 400D?
2004-03-08 by Rick Blechta
... The D probably stands for defective -- in Wakeman-speak... Rick
Re: [Mellotronists] 400-D?
2004-03-08 by MAinPsych@aol.com
In a message dated 3/7/2004 3:57:21 PM Pacific Standard Time, jkorb@ix.netcom.com writes: The double-Tron can be seen if you look real closely on LP cover of
Mellotronists: 400D?
2004-03-08 by Paul Marshall
Evening all, a rare post from me: Look inside the cover of Mr Wakeman s Six Wives LP at the shameless pornographic display of keyboards. For the benefit of
Re: [Mellotronists] 400-D?.....Whoops, Typo Fix....
2004-03-07 by Jerry Korb
... Greetings Jon and everyone, I had the privilege to work on the Wake-O-Tron s parts at the first Toronto workshop in 2000 and then hosted Chris Dale at
Re: [Mellotronists] 400-D?
2004-03-07 by Jerry Korb
... Greetings Jon and everyone, I had the privilege to work on the Wake-O-Tron s parts at the first Toronto workshop in 2000 and then hosted Chris Dale at
400-D?
2004-03-07 by jonesalley
Even though it s obviously not in the album centerfold shot, perhaps it s the first reference to the (D)ouble Wake-o-tron! Chris? When was that behemoth
Re: [Mellotronists] smile... then frown deeply
2004-03-06 by ferrograph@aol.com
oh boy do I have some annoying news for fans of mr wilson s great opus. a few years ago, a bunch of production-types moved from one area of mtv s office space
Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Smile
2004-03-06 by Chris Dale
Quite right Mike. If filmed accounts/documentaries are accurate then they re all equally to blame. Other things that hurt the bands career as a whole were
Re: [Mellotronists] Smile
2004-03-06 by johnarmes@aol.com
I saw the show in Bristol, have to agree even the programme notes said that if smile had been released it would have put Pet Sounds into another division It
Re: Smile
2004-03-06 by ceccles_ca
Listening to the show it sounds like they wouldn t need to use any of the old tapes anyway. Mike Dickson (tron@b...) M400 #996 I ve heard that Carl did a lot
Re: [Mellotronists] hello everyone!
2004-03-06 by Ignacio Nieto Carvajal
... That would be almost imposible here... finding a mellotron M400... (and restored! nothing less). I think I can count with the fingers of my hands the
[Mellotronists] Re: Smile
2004-03-06 by tron@blackcat.demon.co.uk
... The rest of the band were hardly blameless either, despite their later protestations. There was also the matter of Capitol Records withholding hundreds of
Re: [Mellotronists] Yes ?
2004-03-06 by Fred Rosenkamp
... The same goes for a lot (most, if not all) of the vocals unfortunately. Fred
Re: [Mellotronists] hello everyone!
2004-03-06 by Ignacio Nieto Carvajal
... Um... you are right, in the 60 s they must cost much much more :-$. So you are not THAT old, jejeje. But in 1988 getting a working mellotron must have been
typing errors...
2004-03-06 by Ignacio Nieto Carvajal
... No problem, so I will not be that shamed if I commit an error :D. It s early here too... and the coffe machine broke down... arg! (it hates me, I know).
Re: [Mellotronists] hello everyone!
2004-03-06 by Colin Crawford
... You re right! My first one was scruffy but worked reasonably well. I bought it at a shop called the Music & Hi-Fi Exchange in Kentish Town Road in North
Where did you get thirty brain cells?
2004-03-06 by jonesalley
From a Mr. Normal. Abbie Normal. Walk this way. No, no, this way.
Re: [Mellotronists] hello everyone!
2004-03-06 by Colin Crawford
... Colin Crawford has just noticed his typing errors in the above, which proves that his command of ENGLISH is inferior to that of our new Spanish member!
Re: [Mellotronists] hello everyone!
2004-03-06 by Colin Crawford
... No! This was 1988!!! C http://www.s-club.co.uk Sundae Club* [there ain t no party]
Re: [Mellotronists] hello everyone!
2004-03-06 by Colin Crawford
... Wa-HEY!! Well done Nacho, and welcome to the group! A Mellotron at 24 is some acievement!... I was 25, but Mellotrons were worth arond $200 at the time!
Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Smile
2004-03-06 by Andy Thompson
... From: ceccles_ca To: Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 5:44 AM Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: Smile ... I
Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Smile
2004-03-06 by Colin Crawford
On Saturday, March 6, 2004, at 05:44 am, ceccles_ca wrote: I guess the record ... Apart from girls,cars and food, what else IS there to write songs about!!??
Re: Smile
2004-03-06 by ceccles_ca
... last ... 1967. ... Mike: Some / all of Smile was recorded back in 67 was it not? I recall a Julian Lennon interview.... He had heard some of the Smile
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2004-03-06 by lsf5275@aol.com
Jon Salley (Frank N. Beans) said, I also seem to recall a mention of how difficult it was to get two 24- track machines to sync properly. Once again, this
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2004-03-06 by lsf5275@aol.com
Frank Carvalho wrote: Waitaminute. That s me! And I m not you. There are three Franks here! Frank Carvalho M400 #160 Getthefugoudahere That s my opinion.
Smile
2004-03-06 by tron@blackcat.demon.co.uk
Nothing to do with Mellotrons, but I saw Brian Wilson doing Smile last night in Glasgow. If what was performed was *even close* to what was intended then the
Re: [Mellotronists] hello everyone!
2004-03-05 by Jeff Coulter
welcome! and your english is just fine ignacio. even better than some of us for which it is supposed to be a first language. let us know when your new tron
hello everyone!
2004-03-05 by Ignacio Nieto Carvajal
Hello mellotronists: I am new in the list. I have acquired a new Mellotron Mark VI recently... it will arrive in a few days :D (I can hardly wait). I wish to
Chamberlin M1
2004-03-05 by nellee24
A quick note. If anyone is thinking of selling the Chamberlin M series, please let me know. Paul
Chamberlin M1
2004-03-05 by nellee24
Shameless Plug
2004-03-05 by David Jacques
For anyone in the Southern California area, I will be performing with Bourgeois Blues tonight at Martini Blues in Huntington Beach from 8:00 - 9:15. For more
bloops and bleeps
2004-03-04 by jonesalley
Love it, even though I keep expecting Leslie Nielson to say something like what s your vector, Victor?
Re: [Mellotronists] Thanks!
2004-03-04 by Jeff Coulter
... i think phil s has had some of the power supply replaced/mod ed or something... it took two of us to lift it off the floor [and i ain t THAT weak... yet!]
Thanks!
2004-03-04 by jonesalley
Now I recognize it. The emulator page said 65 pounds. Looks like a refugee from Forbidden Planet!
DOH!
2004-03-04 by jonesalley
What a man knows at fifty he can t learn at twenty. I still want to know what a Fairchild is.
Re: [Mellotronists] huh?
2004-03-04 by Jeff Coulter
... yeah. it weighs about 200 lbs and looks like something from a 50s scifi film... big knobs, big meters... and you don t want to get too close to the back of